Aloe seretii

Aloe seretii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe seretii
Scientific name
	Aloe seretii
	De Wild.

Aloe seretii is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet seretii honors the Belgian forest officer Felix Seret.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe seretii grows stemless or short stem-forming, sprouts and forms dense groups. The approximately 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The gray-bluish green, reddish tinged leaf blade is up to 40 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters wide. Occasionally there are indistinct, cloudy white spots. The piercing, white, reddish-brown tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has three branches and reaches a length of 60 to 70 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical-conical grapes are 15 to 20 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide. The ovate-pointed, pink, fleshy bracts have a length of 9 to 15 millimeters and are 5 to 10 millimeters wide. The cloudy to bright scarlet flowers are on 14 to 18 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 to 33 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at the base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. They are very slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 to 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 4 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe seretii is common in Zaire on granite deposits in the grasslands.

The first description by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was published in 1921.

proof

literature

Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 423 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe seretii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 179 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 100.
↑ Plantae Bequaertianae: études sur les récoltes botaniques du Dr. J. Bequaert, chargé de missions au Congo Belge (1913-1915) . Volume 1, 1921, p. 28.

Web links

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[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 100.

[2] Plantae Bequaertianae: études sur les récoltes botaniques du Dr. J. Bequaert, chargé de missions au Congo Belge (1913-1915) . Volume 1, 1921, p. 28.